Leonard Wolfson, Baron Wolfson
- Leonard Wolfson, Baron Wolfson
Leonard Gordon Wolfson, Baron Wolfson (born 11 November 1927) is a British businessman, the former Chairman of GUS, and son of GUS magnate Sir Isaac Wolfson, 1st Baronet. He is a trustee of the Wolfson Foundation. He was raised to the peerage as Baron Wolfson, of Marylebone in the City of Westminster, in 1985, and is a member of the Conservative Party.
On the death of his father in 1991, Lord Wolfson succeeded as 2nd Baronet (styled "of St Marylebone in the County of London").
He has four daughters, Janet, Laura, Deborah and Elizabeth all of whom have been married and have children.
ee also
*David Wolfson, Baron Wolfson of Sunningdale, his cousin
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